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Test to save your job

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+title: >
+  Test to save your job
+pubDate: 2023-09-24
+permalink: >
+  archive/2023/09/24/test-to-save-your-job
+tags:
+  - software-development
+  - automated-testing
+  - test-driven-development
+---
+
+I've recently been going through my YouTube "Watch Later" list and watching (or rewatching) videos of conference and meetup talks that I saved to watch later.
+
+Today's talk was by Matt Stauffer at one of the previous Laracon conferences.
+
+I've quoted Matt previously when explaining what to test on applications. The answer: "The thing you'd lose your job for if it broke".
+
+In this talk, Matt has a slide that goes further into this, titled "Test to save your job".
+
+## What Matt said
+
+The best place to start your tests is by asking yourself: "What part of this app, if broken, would make me worried for my job?"
+
+* What's most likely to break?
+* What do I have the least control over?
+* What are we about to refactor?
+* What would make my clients stress out?
+* What would make me stressed out?
+
+## What about you?
+
+Do you have any other ways to decide what code to test? Reply and let me know, as I'd love to know.